The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Frederick Ruysch (detail) Jan van Neck 1683

Globe of Martin Behaim. Nuremberg. 1492.

Face of a Queen

Face of a Queen

Fragment of the Face of a Queen, from Tell el-Amarna (Akhetaten). Yellow jasper, 13 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm. Amarna Period, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353-1336 BC. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

grandegyptianmuseum: Face of a Queen Fragment of the Face of a Queen, from Tell el-Amarna (Akhetaten). Yellow jasper, 13 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm. Amarna Period, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353-1336 BC. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Pharaoh Akhenaten

Pharaoh Akhenaten, from Amarna

Ushabti of Tutankhamun

Ushabti of Tutankhamun

Let yourself become living poetry.

Rumi

“Belief in reincarnation exists in the Druze faith, an offshoot of Ismailism. The Druze believe that members of their community can only be reincarnated within the community. It is also known that Druze believe in five cosmic principles, represented by the five-colored Druze star: intelligence/reason (green), soul (red), word (yellow), precedent (blue), and immanence (white). These virtues take the shape of five different spirits… have been continuously reincarnated on Earth as prophets and philosophers including Adam, the ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer Pythagoras, the ancient Pharaoh of Egypt Akhenaten, and many others. The Druze believe that, in every time period, these five principles were personified in five different people who came down together to Earth to teach humans the true path to God and enlightenment, but that with them came five other individuals who would lead people away from the right path into “darkness.” 

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Al-Hakim Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, an Ismāʿīlī Imām and Fatimid Caliph. -wiki